Claire Saffitz

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254 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3 Jun

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I think you get, it's just like this perfect kind of middle ground where you get, it's more...

It's stronger and more pungent and effective than extract.

But you get the ease of extract, which is just like... And I keep it in a squeeze bottle.

I have to say, I tend to be pretty extravagant with my vanilla use.

And part of that is because I keep it in a squeeze bottle.

It's so easy to just add a couple little shots of it to whatever it is I'm making.

So I love it.

I think like scraping a vanilla bean, vanilla beans are, it's a little risky for a vanilla bean because they dry out so fast.

So, and this kind of segues into your question about price.

I like to buy vanilla beans in bulk, but it's risky because if they dry out, then you're kind of at a loss.

So I just feel like keeping paste is like you get a lot of the benefit of the bean because you have the seeds in there.

You get the ease of extract.

You get a flavor that's somewhere in the middle in terms of its potency.

So as far as price, I generally think you get what you pay for.

But I do think there's crazy price gouging that happens actually with vanilla.

So I would just shop around and like compare prices.

I think that there is stuff at the grocery store that's 20 bucks that's really, really expensive and you can get a better deal elsewhere.

And I would definitely consider buying in bulk because you'll get a much better deal.

And like an extract if it's stored well, like, you know, there's nothing's going to happen to it.

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